Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: swarthyguy

I like spicy.

It just doesn't like me.

I know, TMI.


551 posted on 07/23/2004 2:57:33 PM PDT by jeffers
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 545 | View Replies ]


To: jeffers

I do not know if it is better to have them in Pakistan or Afghanistan, but here they come:
http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/07/24/d40724100390.htm

Humanitarian crisis looms as Afghan refugees flee Pak al-Qaeda hunt
AFP, Kabul

Aid workers and Afghan officials are struggling to avert a looming humanitarian crisis as thousands of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan pour across the border fleeing Pakistani army operations to hunt al-Qaeda-linked militants.

Over 20,000 refugees have already crossed the border into Afghanistan's insurgency-hit southeastern provinces, many of them leaving Pakistan after decades with only hours to pack what little they can carry, aid workers said.

"Because of the military operations in South Waziristan many refugees have been forced to leave and because they have no time to pack or gather their things they face difficulties when they come back to Afghanistan," UN refugee worker Paul Stromberg told AFP.

The refugees are streaming into the Taliban stronghold of Paktika province over border crossings where the UN and aid organisations have no presence, said Stromberg, senior repatriation coordinator the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's southeastern provinces bordering Pakistan are a hotbed of Taliban-led insurgency. The Afghan government, the UN and most aid organisations have pulled out fearing attacks on their workers.


554 posted on 07/23/2004 3:04:45 PM PDT by AdmSmith
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 551 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson